Cobra

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Cobra has been given to 25 babies in the U.S. since 2000. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2000, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Cobra, 2018

1 in 703,000

Cobra over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Cobra: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Cobra means

Cobra is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Cobra is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 25 boys were recorded with the name Cobra between 2000 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2000; its best national rank was #10,652 in 2000.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Cobra?

Cobra had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2018, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2018: 1 in 703,000; 5 of 3,516,853 births
Among boys only: 1 in 363,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2018: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 487,541 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Cobra sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2018 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 487,541 children born in 2018 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Cobra. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cobras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Cobra was born before 2002 — so the typical Cobra is around 23 today.

Median birth year: 2002; About 23 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 80.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 25; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 80.0% of all recorded uses (20).

Is Cobra rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2000 (5)
Years since peak: 25; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Very steady; 0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #10,652; 2000

Spellings of Cobra

Cobra is not the most common spelling — Cory is, with 64.9% against Cobra's 0.01%.

Cory64.9%127,179
Conrad20.0%39,282
Coby4.8%9,484
Ora2.9%5,616
Corry1.1%2,166
Cort0.98%1,918
Cord0.94%1,842
Cori0.63%1,233

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Cobra by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #10,652; 2000
Peak year: 2000; 5 that year
First recorded: 2000
Last recorded: 2018
All-time count: 25
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Cobra

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Cobee Cobyn Cobalt Cobert Cobain Coben Orbra Coburn Cobin Cobbie Cobb Kobra Cobie Cobi Obra Cobe Cobey Aubra Debra Coby

Sibling names for Cobra

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Madisen Nada Sydnie Sydni Savana Brigid Jackeline Gabriel

For a brother

Donavon Kevon Keshawn Syed Koby Shamar Johnson Lars

Explore around Cobra

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